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Mitigator33
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What is the price on the 10 ft Athens you are wanting?
Best disk harrows?
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deere5105
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Mitigator33 said:
I recommend contacting your local JD dealer for input on the Frontier, but in my opinion you won't have any issues. The hitch is rated for Cat 1 and 2. The main issues I see are from making turns with the plow engaged in plowing deep.
When I looked at the Atlas 1500 I recall it having a screw type adjustment. Not a bad set up in my opinion.
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The Brown was what I was intending to buy (see last few sentances of original post) but after looking at the Athens model 65, Frontier DH1396 and Atlas 1500 today at local dealers I went with the Atlas 1500 8ft 20/22/9. I am in need this week and could not wait for the ordering of a Monroe tuffline.
Deciding factors for me were as follows. I called the manufacturer/distributor of Atlas (Darrell Harp Enterprises) they were very helpful and they are an Alabama company, it came with scrapers installed when others did not, very well built and heavy (looked beefy moreso than frontier and on par with Athens), better price than others for as much if not more disc (saved about $1,300 considering scrapers), and the sales person actually knew his product.
Hope this helps someone. Thank you guys for all your help.
Deciding factors for me were as follows. I called the manufacturer/distributor of Atlas (Darrell Harp Enterprises) they were very helpful and they are an Alabama company, it came with scrapers installed when others did not, very well built and heavy (looked beefy moreso than frontier and on par with Athens), better price than others for as much if not more disc (saved about $1,300 considering scrapers), and the sales person actually knew his product.
Hope this helps someone. Thank you guys for all your help.
deere5105
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Mitigator33 said:
Good choice. I was impressed with that unit and it's price. Listed is a link where I looked up a bunch of info on disc harrows and the Atlas 1500 was on my short list.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums//showthread.php?t=223466
Would be interested in hearing your thoughts once you put it to use. Congratulations on your purchase.
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Here is a report after a few hours of work with the new disc.
It is heavy. For my tractor with 83 HP it makes the 3 point work to pick it up. Driving it with these disc is much different than with my old disc. They will definitely steer the tractor if not carefu when on slopes. It is a good thing I have an MFWD (4wd) because it will make it grunt in soft soil conditions.
As far as the work they will do I am happy with it. I disked an area that had never been worked and had about 5 ft worth of brush and grass growing with disc set to medium aggressive. It made short work of it in 3 passes. I know that this is not what disc are intended for I just wanted to play with it.
The real test was when I freshened a fire break. It was much easier than with my old disc and about 4 feet wider than my disc plow and should cut down on my working time while giving me a better end product.
For now I am going to need to leave my loader on since my property is hilly until I can get some weights for the front of the tractor. In other words these things are beefy and they have some a** behind them.
It is heavy. For my tractor with 83 HP it makes the 3 point work to pick it up. Driving it with these disc is much different than with my old disc. They will definitely steer the tractor if not carefu when on slopes. It is a good thing I have an MFWD (4wd) because it will make it grunt in soft soil conditions.
As far as the work they will do I am happy with it. I disked an area that had never been worked and had about 5 ft worth of brush and grass growing with disc set to medium aggressive. It made short work of it in 3 passes. I know that this is not what disc are intended for I just wanted to play with it.
The real test was when I freshened a fire break. It was much easier than with my old disc and about 4 feet wider than my disc plow and should cut down on my working time while giving me a better end product.
For now I am going to need to leave my loader on since my property is hilly until I can get some weights for the front of the tractor. In other words these things are beefy and they have some a** behind them.
rasp21
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Take a look at Edwards disk, model FD3800. web site,,,, Home :: Edwards Equipment Company.. I have one,, It is a real piece of equipment,, heavy and very well made,, use it 4 times a year,, shanks can be set at different sets to do many different kinds of ground engagement work,, discing ,, header,, trencher etc.. check it out..
